John Smedley Reddit Highlights

January 24th, 2014 Connor

Following the announcement that four of Sony Online Entertainment’s MMOs would be shutting down, John Smedley went on Reddit to take part in an Ask Me Anything with the community. While this is nowhere near all of the answers, I’ve put together some significant comments for your easy viewing. First of all, the shuttering of Free Realms and Clone Wars is SOE quitting the field of kids games.

No. No more kids games. Kids don’t spend well and it’s very difficult to run a kids game. Turns out Kids do mean stuff to each other a lot.

Did Sony learn anything from the poor performance of Wizardry Online? Somewhat.

The main thing we learned was that this particular game didn’t work in the US. I wouldn’t draw any conclusions other than that.

Next, Smedley offers a glimpse at their next game. Something to please Galaxies players.

SWG PLAYERS – OUR NEXT GAME (not announced yet) IS DEDICATED TO YOU. Once we launch it… you can come home now.

As for what this game is..

It’s called “go figure it out for yourself”

As usual, Smedley once again apologized for Star Wars Galaxies, talked about how Vanguard cannot be sold due to business reasons, and more. Check out the entire AMA at the link below.